So, apparently they decided to make a Dark Souls comic – which is awesome. However the company they chose to adapt it to comic format is Titan, the people who brought us:
- 13 Coins
- Marada the She Wolf
- Monster Madness (which is probably overdue a feature on BABD)
- A whole bunch of adaptations from television
Now, presumably they received a lot of information such as source materials, concept art, etc but still took it upon themselves to give their heroine a ridiculous boobplate.
It’s impossible to even look into this matter without finding imagery that is both amazingly preposterous, and yet also perfect “reaction” images to the situation.
So what should have been a great positive example is now a cautionary tale about how even great properties can slide into ridiculous female armor territory as they expand markets.
– wincenworks
(ht: @badwolfwho1)
@solstice-the-absol submitted:
Class A example for you, The recently released “Orcs Must Die: Unchained has some very questionable female armor selections. My example (being one of many) is the character Smolder.
Oh wow… Orcs Must Die always had some issues with double standards… well hopefully this doesn’t look as bad when you see the actual model…
Well Smolder does have one skin that isn’t terrible, maybe she’s the exception and they haven’t applied these design standards to other female characters…
Suddenly I find myself cheering for the orcs.
– wincenworks
So, after getting many reader suggestions and taking time to process the info, we took a closer look at what people behind the upcoming Wonder Woman movie have to say about the ridiculously mediocre Amazon boob armors which the film is going to feature… And wow, was it a ride of predictable rhetoric and obliviousness to blatant double standard. I sincerely hoped the whole bingo card wouldn’t be necessary, yet here we are.
Indeed, Patty Jenkins, the director, also played the “men are sexualized too” card:
I, as a woman, want Wonder Woman to be hot as hell, fight badass, and look great at the same time – the same way men want Superman to have huge pecs and an impractically big body. That makes them feel like the hero they want to be. And my hero, in my head, has really long legs.
Because that:
Has TOTALLY the same costuming priorities as this:
With lines like that, maybe Jenkins and the costume designer, Lindy Hemming, aim to be the Mari Shimazakis of Hollywood… Except Diana of Themyscira is not Bayonetta, so “she’s supposed to be very sexy and I as a lady find it empowering” excuses do not really work, even in
the
context of character agency. Because Wonder Woman is so much more than “looking like a supermodel while kicking ass”.
As a reblogger, @meishuu pointed out, that Oglaf strip was pretty much what the director said.
I want to be optimistic and am gonna assume that the crew is contractually obligated to endorse every choice made about the movie, no matter how ridiculous it is when you think about it for more than a second.
~Ozzie
